Germany and the EU also have the opportunity to be for the Russian Federation as an important partner with the U.S. on the Syrian issue, said Tuesday at a meeting with the head of the state Vladimir Putin the Vice-Chancellor of Germany Sigmar Gabriel, noting that Germany and Russia have to find ways to resume cooperation.

according to him, the disagreements between Russia and the West also complicate the overcoming of conflicts in the world today.

"My personal opinion - we must do everything to reach consensus, to leave the past in some kind of situation in the past and look for fresh avenues on the restoration of cooperation, the most between Germany and Russia. Of course, I understand that for you the main US partner to discuss Syria and Ukraine, but from the opposite side I believe that Germany and the European Union will also be an important partner

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